Hearing Henny say this, both Cocotte and Haim were startled.
Cocotte even patted the cloud beneath her, floated over to Viktor's side on her own, and began to persuade him, "This is just a tool used to evaluate new members joining the Council. You're already a councilor, there's absolutely no need to test again."
Haim Horn heard Cocotte's explanation and quickly nodded in agreement.
'Are you kidding?'
'Let Viktor, who if you cut him open would probably have black intestines, go test this thing?'
They could completely imagine how that would end.
Henny felt a little confused by their reaction.
In her heart, Viktor was simply the best person in the world.
Otherwise, how could the professor have become a councilor of the Mage Council?
Hearing Henny's words, Viktor nodded and said, "Sure."
As soon as he answered, Haim Horn and Cocotte's bodies tensed up.
Henny looked at Viktor, her eyes filled with expectation.
Very soon, Viktor walked to the scale and placed his gaze on the golden balance that was shining with light.
At that moment, seeing this scene, Cocotte and Haim chose to close their eyes.
As if they were afraid to see a reality they should not see.
As long as they closed their eyes, it felt like they could ignore whatever happened next.
Viktor did not speak. He knew what the two of them were worried about.
As Viktor approached, the scale began to react.
The entire golden body gradually became restless, as if it sensed something, and started swaying and tilting from side to side.
The closer he got, the more frequently the scale shook.
The magic in his body was simply too abundant. As long as Viktor got near the scale, it would be affected by his magic.
Finally, he stretched out one hand and placed it on the other tray.
A black feather formed from magic gathered on it and then pressed down on one side of the scale.
However, what everyone expected, the other side of the scale being pressed all the way down, did not happen.
When the feather fell on the other side, it gradually tilted the scale.
Until it reached an absolute balance with the dagger on the opposite side, then it stopped.
That's right, absolute balance.
Seeing this, Haim Horn blinked in surprise.
Both sides were almost exactly the same, neither high nor low.
This meant that Viktor's moral standard was exactly the same as what the scale showed.
Neither high nor low.
Cocotte widened her eyes even more, looking like she completely refused to accept it.
'What is going on!'
'How could this be!?'
Viktor, who would squeeze her whenever he could, who would make her work whenever he could, wishing to drain her completely without leaving even the last drop.
Viktor, whose heart was blacker than coal.
His moral level actually reached the average line?
This was something neither of them could accept.
And the balance of the scale was truly subtle.
Neither high nor low.
Logically speaking, there were very few people like this, almost none.
Because as long as a person had thoughts and emotions, their moral level would definitely lean slightly to one side.
That was unavoidable.
Either their heart leaned toward kindness and justice, or it leaned toward the other side, toward evil.
But Viktor was absolutely balanced.
Not good, not evil.
Acting as he pleased.
Maybe when he was in a good mood, he would do more good deeds and save countless lives.
But once he did evil things, even killing people, setting fires, wiping out an entire country, Viktor would not even blink.
Such a person was a kind of balance, and at the same time, a kind of extreme.
Playing with the world.
Henny also saw what the scale showed.
But she was not surprised.
Looking at Viktor's back with his windbreaker fluttering, her heart was still filled with admiration and affection.
Gentle streams flowed through her eyes, excited waterfalls crashed down from above, pouring into her heart.
To be honest, she was just curious.
She was curious what kind of result Professor Viktor would receive from the scale.
She was not surprised by this result.
Even more, no matter what kind of judgment Professor Viktor received, it had nothing to do with her.
Henny only knew that without Viktor, there would be no current her.
She knew.
It was Professor Viktor who gave her this salvation.
Viktor was the person who treated her best in this world.
The more she thought like this, the harder it was to suppress the stirring feelings in her heart.
When that emotion she could no longer hold back gradually burst out, behind Henny, a third illusory and hazy fox tail formed.
"Professor…"
Her eyes gradually regained clarity. She looked around and, after confirming no one noticed her, she finally suppressed her emotions.
At this time, Viktor's hand still had not withdrawn from the scale.
Normally, after the evaluation ended, the person being tested could pull back their hand.
But Viktor did not.
He was still observing the golden scale, looking at the bottom where the golden light flickered.
A line of words lit up in front of Viktor's eyes.
[The Scale of the Goddess of Justice (False)]
[Effect: Determines a person's standard of good and evil. The judgment of morality will be based on the actions of all beings in the world and the individual's own behavior.]
There was only one simple line, showing its simple function.
At this moment, Vega suddenly spoke from his shoulder, "You really plan to use this to replace it?"
Viktor clearly knew what Vega was asking.
"Let's try it first."
"We don't have time to make other choices."
Vega flapped its wings, looking helpless.
"Alright, that's a crazy idea."
"Hope that stubborn goddess won't cause you trouble for messing with her."
Viktor ignored him completely.
At this moment, a clear trace of black gradually appeared in Vega's single eye.
It followed Viktor's arm and climbed onto the golden scale.
The golden scale, as if covered by ink, gradually turned black from the bottom upward.
But that darkness was not quiet. Deep within the black, it seemed as if countless tentacles and extremely strange shifting forms were twisting rapidly.
As if all sins began extending from that darkness, turning into strange thousand eyes spinning rapidly within it.
Haim and Cocotte looked at the scale that had completely turned black. They suddenly froze, eyes wide open, as if frozen by ice.
'What is going on?'
'Why did the scale suddenly turn black!?'
'Did the scale really get affected by Viktor's morality!?'
Gradually, the golden scale was completely polluted by black, its entire body turning ink dark.
Viktor's arm shook. He grabbed the base of the scale and lifted it up in one motion.
At that moment, Haim Horn widened his eyes and shouted, "Viktor! What are you doing!?"
'The scale was picked up!?'
You should know, the Scale of the Goddess of Justice must acknowledge someone before it can be taken away.
Even a replica needed the scale's approval.
But Viktor was like a bully, forcefully snatching away the fragile scale.
And right then.
Inside the entire scale space, a slight tremor began.
Haim suddenly froze.
He remembered.
Once the scale left this place, the entire space would begin to collapse.
And now.
The space was about to collapse.
The next second, the spacious room began to shake violently as the scale was taken away. Even the air started trembling wildly.
Facing the collapse of this space, they were unable to use magic to repair it.
"Quick, get out of here!"
Along with Haim's loud warning, the space slowly began to shatter like a mirror.
Cracks of void kept appearing around them, and that filthy aura poured in.
The sky above began to twist, like a curtain wrung together, folded and bulging.
The entire world began to fall apart.
———
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The dwarf whose beard almost dragged on the ground was driving his proud magical mount.
Passing through hazy illusions, he arrived at the seventh layer of Endymion.
Shattered Sky.
The aircraft under him was powered by magic as fuel. The steel body flashed with cold light, and the twin wings had paired turbines lined up.
A white trail cut across the entire sky, passing over the three shattered heads.
Then it steadily landed at the entrance of the Mage Council.
He climbed out of the aircraft with difficulty and stood firmly on the clouds.
After that, he made a hand gesture with his palm. The aircraft began to transform and eventually shrank into a small cube.
The dwarf put the small cube into his loose overalls and then looked around.
He could not help but feel confused.
'Strange, where did everyone go?'
Wasn't it agreed that they would meet at the Council today?
Could it be that he arrived late?
After all, riding his latest invention to the Council took him nearly two days.
But suddenly, before the dwarf could figure it out, a terrifying explosion sound came from the bottom of Endymion.
BOOM!
The explosion passed through the clouds and blasted straight toward the shattered sky.
Ryan suddenly raised his head.
He looked at the rising white light in the distance.
"Hiss, that's perfect!"
This was simply a perfect explosion.
The intense white light made Ryan feel a bit dazzled. He could only pull down his goggles and continue observing the fierce explosion.
Through the bright white light, he seemed to see a massive mushroom cloud rising within the space.
The space completely shattered, and chaotic void created several cracks around Endymion.
But under the surge of chaotic magic, they were quickly stitched back together.
"Not bad power. It should be comparable to a fourth-tier large area spell."
As for where this explosion came from, Ryan did not pay much attention.
Maybe some mage from the Council invented something new.
As long as it did not blow up the magic library, everything was fine.
After watching the explosion, Ryan was about to turn around to find where everyone was.
But a tall figure was standing behind him.
Ryan looked up and saw a man wearing a windbreaker.
There was also a pitch-black crow standing on the man's shoulder, its single eye looking at him, deep and unfathomable.
"Vi… Viktor?"
Ryan immediately recognized the person in front of him. His iconic windbreaker and crow were too eye-catching.
Even though this was his first time seeing Viktor in person.
He was just about to ask Viktor where the others had gone.
But Viktor spoke before him, "You are Councilor Ryan Kent?"
Hearing this, Ryan straightened his short but sturdy body, his expression equally respectful.
"That's right."
"Then I suppose you must be Councilor Viktor Clavenna."
'No wonder that explosion just now felt somewhat familiar. It turns out Viktor was practicing magic.'
Seeing Viktor use that explosive magic up close for the first time made Ryan feel deeply shocked.
At this moment, his gaze fell on Viktor's hand, and he suddenly felt puzzled.
'Why is Viktor holding a black scale?:
This scale looked somewhat familiar.
Except for the color, it looked very similar to the one in the magic library.
'Could it be a replica?'
Just as he was thinking, Viktor pointed at the scale, looked at him, and said directly, "Councilor Kent."
"This scale is the staff material I brought."
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
[email protected]/XenosX
🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰